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M. BECKER.

f BED LOUNGE. No. 257,640. Patented May 9,1882.

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M. BEOKER. BED LOUNGE.

No. 257,640. Patented May9,1882.-

I Xigy WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEY s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX BECKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,640, dated May 9, 1882, "Application filed March 15, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, MAX BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed- Lounges, ot'which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to that class ot'lounges convertible into a bed; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, tending to afford various facilities or eonveniencesof use.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figured is a longitudinal section through the seatframe when it is unfolded to form a bed. Fig.2 represents a side View, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a plan or top View when the seat-frame is unfolded. Fig. 4 is a cross-section. Fig. 5is a detail view, showingthe catch for retaining the head-boa rd in a folded position upon the seat-fra n1.

Similar letters indicate corrcspondin g parts. The letter A designates the main frame of the lounge, and B a seat-fra me, which is hinged to the main frame, as at O, to swing or fold upon it, as shown in Fig.1, orto unfold to the position shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. Theinain frame A is raised at one end, forming an arm, A, and the seat-frame B carries an arm, B, which is adapted to fold upon said arm ot'the main frame. The seat B also carries the back 1 of the lounge, and when .the seat-frame is unfolded this back rests upon the floor, thus forming, together with the hinge-joints (J, a support for the seatframe. An ornament, E, is removably attached to the back, and is taken off when the seat-frame is unfolded. The back D projects downward below theseut-framc, forming a longitudinal nil, D, and when the seat-frameis unfolded to form a bed this rail is' brought to the outer edge of the bed and air swers the purpose of a bedstead-rail. When the seat-frame is folded the longitudinal rail D of theback is brought behind and below the main frame A, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

To the cross-piece B at the upper end ot'the seat-frame, is hinged a head-rest, G, the letter 0 indicating the joints employed for this purpose, and when this head-rest is unfolded to a position for use it is supported by the arm A of the main frame, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, said arm being provided with an inclined ledgeor shoulder, I, to receive the headrest. When not in use the head-rest G is folded on the seat-frame, and it is retained in that position by a spring-catch, H, Fig. 5, which is secured in a recess, J, on the inner surface ofthe proj ectin g rail D of the back, such catch yielding to the passage of the head-rest in folding or unfolding the same.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bed-lounge, the, combination, with the stationary main frame A, of the seat-frame B, hinged to the front edge thereof, and provided with an attached back, D, having a- Ion-- gitudinal rail, 1), projecting downward below the under side of the seat-frame substantially the entire length thereof,and normally resting 2. In a bed-lounge, the combination of the stationary main frame A, the hingedseat-t'ramc B, provided with a cross-piece, B and an attached back, D, having a longitudinal rail, D, projrctin g downward below the under side of the seat-frame, and normally resting behind the main frame, but constituting a vertical bedstead-rail when the hinged frame is opened, and the head-rest G, hinged at its lower edge to the cross-piece of the seat-frame, and when in an open position supported bythe headpiece of'the main frame, substantiallyas described. In testimony whereof I havehercunto set my hand andseal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX BECKER. |L. s.]

Witnesses:

J. HERMANN WAHLnns,

E. F. KAsrENI-IUnER, 

